54 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



ennial ; 6 inches; flowers white, in June ; Barbary; 1811. A. 

 Moiispessulaniis (Montpelier) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 piurple, in July; France; 1710. A. odoratiis (sweet); hardy 

 perennial; i foot ; flowers yellow, in June ; Levant; 1820. A. 

 07iobrychis {^■sivci'doxvL) ; hardy perennial : 18 inches ; flowers pur- 

 ple or white, in June ; Austria; 1640. A. Ponticus {^Q)Iv\1z)', 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in July ; Tauria ; 1820. 

 A. stipulates (stipuled) ; hardy perennial; i foot; flowers yel- 

 low, in June ; Nepaul ; 1822. , 



There are more than a hundred other species. 



AsTRANTiA. [Umbelliferae.] Elegant herbaceous plants, 

 tquite hardy. Common garden soil. Increased by division. 



A. Carniolica (Camiolian) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 striped, in May; Carnioha; 1812. ^. Gzz^^^jzV^a; (Caucasian) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers pink, in June ; Caucasus ; 

 1818. A. 7naJor (gre2.ter); hardy perennial ; 2 feet; flowers 

 striped, in June ; Europe ; 1596. A. maxima (greatest) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers pink, in July ; Caucasus ; 1804. 



Atragene. [Ranunculaces.] Hardy deciduous climb- 

 ers, resembling Clematis. Soil, rich garden loam. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass, or by layers. 



A. Americana (American); hardy climbing shrub; 10 feet; 

 flowers purple, in June ; North America ; 1797. A. Austriaca 

 (Austrian); hardy climbing shrub; 12 feet; flowers blue, in 

 June; Austria; 1792. A. Sibirica (Siberian); hardy chmbing 

 shrub ; 12 feet ; flowers white, in June ; Siberia ; 1753. 



Aubergine. See Solanum, Egg-Plant. 



AuBRrETTA. [Cruciferae.] Very pretty dwarf evergreen 

 herbaceous perennials, growing in common garden soil, and 

 well suited to rock-work. Propagated by seeds and division, 

 or by cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. 



A. deltoidea (tliree-angled) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flow- 

 ers purple, in May; Levant; 1710. A. hesperidifiora (hesperis- 

 flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in May ; 



